Party guests exposed to COVID-19 not cooperating, officials say

[jmyrlefuller]

https://wjtn.com/news-and-closings/national-headlines/311bfcb659bac918d8d1c50f32455cdd

Rockland County, New York, is seeing a coronavirus cluster attributed to a large party -- one of the many gatherings in the area, county Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel said Wednesday.

The host of the party was ill at the time and the virus spread to at least eight others -- all young adults, Schnabel said at a news conference.

"Large gatherings remain an issue," she said. "The risk for transmission of the virus is high and very real."

Schnabel said some people contacted by health investigators are denying being at the party and are refusing to speak to the investigators.

"Many do not answer their cell phones and do not call back," she said. "'Sometimes parents answer for their adult children and promise that they have been home consistently -- when they have not been."

"This must stop," she said. "Unfortunately I am now forced by these circumstances to send subpoenas to the individuals who are required to cooperate with us."

[PeteS in CA]

The OP link is not working. This article from The Hill is about the same situation, https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/505437-new-york-county-issues-subpoenas-to-people-refusing-to-talk-to-contact .

[Cyber Liberty]

In sophisticated New York, contact tracers are not allowed to ask if COVID Positive patients attended any riots.  Because "stigma."  I think in this grand tradition, these party goers should tell the government to go pound sand.

They should not have encouraged the riots, and this is but one aspect of the blowback from those boneheaded decisions.

[LegalAmerican]

https://wjtn.com/news-and-closings/national-headlines/311bfcb659bac918d8d1c50f32455cdd

Rockland County, New York, is seeing a coronavirus cluster attributed to a large party -- one of the many gatherings in the area, county Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel said Wednesday.

The host of the party was ill at the time and the virus spread to at least eight others -- all young adults, Schnabel said at a news conference.

"Large gatherings remain an issue," she said. "The risk for transmission of the virus is high and very real."

Schnabel said some people contacted by health investigators are denying being at the party and are refusing to speak to the investigators.

"Many do not answer their cell phones and do not call back," she said. "'Sometimes parents answer for their adult children and promise that they have been home consistently -- when they have not been."

"This must stop," she said. "Unfortunately I am now forced by these circumstances to send subpoenas to the individuals who are required to cooperate with us."

They aren't dying.   Why do they need people to come forward?  If anyone comes down so sick, then they need to test and see what is causing sickness to treat it.  We have endured all other kinds of flu's much worse.  SARS, SWINE FLU from mexico.  I don't see the point, except to harass people and those who do that, have control issues.  They need to control.

[Smokin Joe]

They aren't dying.   Why do they need people to come forward?  If anyone comes down so sick, then they need to test and see what is causing sickness to treat it.  We have endured all other kinds of flu's much worse.  SARS, SWINE FLU from mexico.  I don't see the point, except to harass people and those who do that, have control issues.  They need to control.

Probably have self-assessed and decided they aren't sick. Likely they don't want to be summarily quarantined, or suffer other mandatory actions of the State.

[truth_seeker]

My wife asks, are there city, county, state or federal laws which require wearing masks on demand?

How about which compel cooperation with contact tracing?